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Barnes of the Ancient One

  • Last updated Aug 18, 2016 (Karazhan)
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  • 3 Minions
  • 25 Spells
  • 2 Weapons
  • Deck Type: None
  • Deck Archetype: Unknown
  • Crafting Cost: 4440
  • Dust Needed: Loading Collection
  • Created: 8/1/2016 (Old Gods)
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A rough idea for a Blood of The Ancient One deck inspired by Disguised Toast. Not very good by any stretch of the imagination but it should be fun when it's successfully pulled off. This is merely for casual fun and by no means a competitive deck. It's also almost never going to work, so there's no need to tell me that.

The strategy is very simple: control the board while drawing as much as possible, hoping to get Barnes and at least one Shadowstep by turn 6. At which point, you play Barnes, Shadowstep him, and then replay him to get two 1/1 Bloods into play, which will merge together into The Ancient One. Then you hope that your opponent is too stunned that you attempt such a plan and doesn't kill it with the numerous amounts of removal and win.

Have fun.

Since it seems to be brought up often, Conceal does not work with this. The 30/30 spawns at the end of your turn, at which point you cannot conceal it. Brann and Yogg are options that you can add. However, you would need to draw them before playing Barnes. Otherwise, Barnes may pull a copy of one of them instead, which will most likely disrupt obtaining two Bloods off of the Barnes + Shadowstep. They can definitely help make the deck semi-legitimate and you can probably drop Beneath the Grounds or Preparation + Sprint for them. Also, Journey Below is another option to help control the board early if you can get something like Harvest Golem or Tomb Pillager from it.

Update edit: Journey Below is definitely helpful. It creates more targets for removal or early board control, in a best case scenario. While the deck is still rarely going to work as intended, it at least has a bit more consistency in trying to survive with those cards added. I dropped a Prep and Sprint for them, since there rarely was a situation where I wanted to draw more cards.